I can marshal no sympathy for their arguments because I'm still looking for American culture. And, given the history of American immigration policy, I feel the legalist argument is problematic at best.
The economic and defense arguments make more sense, but both often suffer from being combined with the sentiments of the cultural Identitarians (Identitarianism, I should point out, is historically a leftist idea).
If you are still looking for American Culture then you must be a snob.
The detective story was a form created by Edgar Allan Poe (who left quite a body of other literary works as well).
Jazz, Blues, Country & Western, Zydecco, Conjunto, Rock and Roll music not good enough for you?
Our scientific advancements, inventive nature, and the industries that sprang up not enough? While the motion picture camera was not invented in America, it was perfected here (doesn’t do much good if the film is going to flap around as it goes past the shutter). Synched sound was added here. And there were a number of creative movements in film.
Comic books, Comic strips.
Nope, too low brow for your tastes. No “American culture”. What a laugh.
Spend 43 years watching the destruction of California, then we'll talk.
Spend 43 years watching the destruction of California, then we'll talk.